Twin Twin, the French formation that finished last in this year’s Eurovision Final, appeared on French television on monday night. They were guests in the show Grand Journal and talked about the disappointing result for France. They showed not to be too sad about it all by appearing practically naked in the talkshow.

Twin Twin performed their track Moustache during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, representing France, but the result show was quite a disappointment for them as they finished in 26th position. Out of 37 voting countries, they only managed to gain two points. The Twin Twin boys appeared on a French TV show to talk about their experiences in Copenhagen and immediately showed they did not lose their sense of humour. Completely nude, with only a sock around their private parts, they entered the studio and sat down for a chat. They joked that angry and disappointed French people robbed them from all of their clothes when they came back at the airport.

They quoted former winner Céline Dion by saying that ‘the last shall be the first’. The boys immediately started singing her song Les derniers seront les premiers. The Twin Twin guys also told the show host that their song was one of the most popular entries with the technicians and volunteers in Copenhagen, but they admit it is a pity that those were not the people who voted. They do not regret participating in Eurovision as they had a great time there and are proud to have represented France with a song in French.

Richard Scudamore escaped any disciplinary action from the Premier League over his sexist emails on Monday after its 17 current clubs unanimously decided it was not “required or justified”.

Scudamore,fighting to keep his job since a former personal assistant leaked correspondence from him containing crude jokes about women and a reference to “female irrationality”, was given the full backing of those with the power to reprimand him.

The 54-year-old convinced the clubs that he would undertake steps to avoid a repeat of the conduct that has threatened to bring an end to his 15-year reign at the top of the English game.

Acting Premier League chairman Peter McCormick said in a statement: “The chair‎man of the Premier League conducted an investigation into the allegations in a newspaper last week with regard to inappropriate email correspondence involving the chief executive and seen by a temporary PA. This investigation was carried out in conjunction with external specialist legal advisers specifically appointed for the role.

“The clubs, as the chief executive’s employer, considered the findings of the investigation and reached the following conclusions:

“It is clear that this private correspondence did include some inappropriate remarks by the chief executive, for which he immediately apologised. The clubs agreed that such remarks should have no place in the Premier League’s working environment.

“These emails were private communications between friends of long-standing and the temporary PA was not exposed to them in the course of her duties but had to search for them in a private email account which she was not authorised to access.

“Examination of a very large quantity of emails and other documents, including those copied without authorisation by the former employee, indicate that there is no evidence of wider discriminatory attitudes or inappropriate language or a general attitude of disrespect to women.

“The female senior executive at the Premier League referred to in the emails was party to the exchanges and has confirmed that she was not then and is not now offended by the references.

"Responses from many women in employment at the Premier League, and extensive consultations with others, establish that there is no climate of disrespect of women in the workplace. This is an important consideration, one that is vital to forming a view as to whether the emails in question reflect a wider problem.

“The weight of comments made by female staff, unprompted or through direct consultation, indicate that they find the Premier League an excellent place to work, they share a high level of pride in their jobs and find the working environment positive and supportive.

“This view is particularly strongly held by female staff with direct experience of working with or close to the chief executive, who have made it very clear that his conduct and behaviour have been beyond reproach.

“With these findings in mind, the clubs accepted the chief executive’s genuine and sincere apology. They also accepted his undertaking to take active steps to prevent a recurrence.

“The clubs reaffirmed their commitment to the Premier League policy and practice of treating all staff fairly and on merit, regardless of gender.

“They placed on record their support for the work led by the chief executive in the areas of anti-discrimination and community engagement, including the high priority given to girls and women’s football.

“In these circumstances and in the light of a previously unblemished record over 15 years of service to the Premier League, the clubs resolved unanimously that no further disciplinary action is required or justified.”

Scudamore added in a separate statement: “Entering into email exchanges of this nature was wrong and the apology I have made is sincere, as is the contrition I feel.

“These exchanges do not reflect my views towards women in football, the workplace or in general. It is something that will never be repeated. “The Premier League shareholders have considered and deliberated this matter and I fully accept and respect their recommendations and conclusions.

“I appreciate that I have a tremendous amount of hard work to do to convince those in the game who do not know me that my leadership and work in the areas of equality and discrimination to date reflect who I am and what I believe. So, I will now undertake meetings and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders in the game to hear their views and to reassure them that I will continue to do my utmost personally, and through all the Premier League’s means to help promote diversity and inclusion, develop the women’s game and support women who want be involved in football at any level.

“I am grateful for the support I have received throughout this from family, friends and colleagues, but especially the women who work with me at the Premier League.”

I don’t want to take anything away from what people experience when they see it, but I think that to call it “rape” is, like, kind of forgetting about what happened before, and who these characters are. That whole relationship all these years has been grabbing these very secret, intense moments of physical intimacy when they could. Cersei didn’t want to have sex there, but she was…I mean, they were both so tormented emotionally. He was in desperate need for her, she was in desperate need for something else, and that happened in the most inappropriate place you could imagine. This is a one-armed man, she’s wearing a lot of clothes, it’s very difficult to...I don’t think it would be possible if she didn’t also play along in some way. But it’s a very tricky thing to talk about, because I understand that people have an experience when they watch it and that’s totally fine. The only thing I know that we wanted is that it was another low point in their relationship. But I think later, when this whole season is over, we’ll revisit their relationship, and then hopefully we’ll add some more depth to that discussion.

What’s the aftermath of that scene for their relationship?She’s trying to make him whole again—she had this hand made for him because she couldn’t bear looking at his stump. And for that moment in the sept when she kisses him, it’s just such a relief, for just a moment she’s back, and he feels that he has her back. But the golden hand comes up to her face and she just can’t hide her disgust. And that’s very hurtful. And he says, “Why did the Gods make me love such a hateful woman?” It’s very complex. What I love about the show is that nothing is black and white—we work in grays.

That’s why, sometimes, it’s easy to forget about the whole twincest thing and look at them as two people in love.

We’re not doing social commentary with this. It’s about these people, these very specific, made-up people in this made-up world. But anyway, the aftermath: she wants to control him. She wants him to do what she wants. And he’s always done that in the past, more or less. Now she just wants him to do something that he can’t do—he can’t kill his brother, and he can’t kill Sansa Stark because he’s made a promise. That, of course, is infuriating to Cersei. Then, of course, the Brienne thing. At the wedding he saw that she had a conversation with Cersei, and he knows her well enough. He knows that Brienne is not safe. He has to get her out of there. He gives her the best weapon, and the best armor that he can get, and then he has to send her off. And part of him would like to go along, but he has to stay, he has to fulfill his obligations. And, of course, now his brother is also in this fucked up situation that he has to try to deal with. It’s not a happy family. It’s not a happy place to be.

So, what is it about his relationship with Brienne that affects him so much, changes him?

The show is full of people that are never honest. It’s called Game of Thrones, there’s always an angle to whatever people do. Now, suddenly, he meets someone who doesn’t play any angle. She says what she thinks, and she follows up. She’s honest. She’s truthful. That’s, I think, at the core, is the way he sees himself, and the way he wants to be. She helped him reconnect. She has something that he lost, and he lost it after the incident when he became known as the Kingslayer.

Now he’s stuck watching his brother stand trial for a crime he hasn’t committed.

It’s horrible! It’s devastating. Jaime does all he can. He’s willing to sacrifice himself in a way, by kind of giving in to Tywin. But also that devastating moment when he goes to Tywin and he realizes this was Tywin’s plan all along. He was just one step ahead. And then Tyrion just can’t hold back, and just basically sentences himself to death, which is horrible. It’s just heartbreaking.

Jaime knows if he has to save Tyrion in going up against The Mountain, he’s not going to save Tyrion. He’s going to get killed. He knows that he’s not good enough, and he doubts Bronn is good enough. It’s very difficult for him to see who could beat The Mountain.

Does he feel responsible for Joffrey’s murder since it happened on his watch?

I don’t think so. I mean, yeah, he is responsible. It’s the second king that died on his watch, now. The third king, actually. Yeah, it’s not good. He hasn’t got a good track record. But Joffrey had it coming, let’s face it.

So there's that damaged relationship with their father, but they also both have a damaged relationship with their sister, in different ways.

Yes. Yes. Wow. There was a lot of discussion after the scene in the crypt! It's funny, because when we did the scene, we thought there was going to be a lot of talk about it, but we always thought it was going to be about the fact that we were having sex in front of Joffrey. I never thought of it as a rape scene.

In the book, when we get that scene, it doesn't read as rape, at least from Jaime's point of view. But it's a different timeline of events and a different situation on the show.

Well, the thing about it is, it clearly starts with a lot of emotion, and it's very physical, and it's very aggressive, and I think with the history of their relationship, and the sex they had, and where they had sex ... Of course, with anything, people can take what they want, and what you see is what you see, and how you interpret it is how you interpret it. But we didn't intend it to be just a rape scene. That has nothing to do with that relationship. I mean, the only thing I want to say is, this guy has one hand. It's just not physically possible to ... I just don't think ... She's a very strong woman. It just couldn't happen. I think the point was more, she didn't want it to be there. She doesn't want to do it there. She's saying, "Not here. Not now."

"Not here, not now, maybe somewhere more romantic? Not next to the corpse of our dead son?"

[Laughs] Exactly. That doesn't mean she doesn't want to ... Never mind! I don't want to talk too much about this scene, though, because it'll be more interesting to talk about it at the end of this season. Definitely, no matter what, it's a very messed-up relationship that these two people have, that's for sure. And without giving anything away, we explore that relationship more.SOURCEok tbh i actually think he was less of an idiot in this interview than others, but the whole idea of "its not rape because she didn't fight back" is so gross.

You’re probably familiar with the rates by now: One in 10 women will have an abortion by age 20, one in four by age 30 and three in 10 by age 45. It makes it very likely that someone you know has had an abortion in their lifetime.

Toni Braxton is the latest to reveal that she has had an abortion in the past. In an exclusive Entertainment Tonight interview, the singer revealed more than ten years ago she became pregnant by her then boyfriend, Keri Lewis. At the time she was in the middle of a six-month prescription for Accutane, a prescription acne medication which can cause serious complications in pregnancy.

She decided to terminate the pregnancy, but admits in her new memoir “Unbreak My Heart” that she would’ve have come to the same conclusion even if she weren’t on the medication. The singer admits her decision was caused more by the refusal to inconvenience her lifestyle than any fear that her fetus had been harmed.

She confesses that the decision was followed by a huge amount of guilt from being raised in a strictly religious home that did not support abortion. She also admits that when her youngest son Diezel was diagnosed with autism, at times she felt that was God’s way of punishing her. She writes in her memoir,”Is God punishing me for that abortion?” The singer confesses she questioned if her lupus diagnosis and her parents’ messy divorce were God’s payback for her decision.

We are happy to see more and more women breaking their silence about such a very personal experience so that other women don’t feel so guilty and ashamed. Toni has had a lot of setbacks in her life so it’s nice to see her busy working again.

While he’s been on our radar for years now due to his role as con artist Neal Caffrey on USA’s drama “White Collar” and films like “Magic Mike,” nothing will prepare even his most diehard fans for his deeply profound work as Felix Turner in the HBO film, “The Normal Heart,” which premieres Sunday on HBO.

In the film adaptation of Larry Kramer’s Tony-winning play, Turner is a journalist who meets activist Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo) and the two begin a love affair that, given the times of AIDS tearing through the gay community in the early 1980s, goes through some heavily tragic moments. And, as I stated in my recent preview of the film, this is the best work of Bomer’s career and will take him to a new level of work…and, I predict, his first Emmy Award.

I talked to the actor last week about the challenges in the role, how his kids helped him shave his head as well as filming the final six episodes of “White Collar” and what his perception of marriage is now that he and his husband Simon Halls revealed they took the leap three years ago.

Watching you play Felix, I felt like this is a whole new level of work I’ve seen you do. Do you feel like that about your work in the film?

Matt Bomer: I felt so many things. This play has been sort of special to me for over twenty years, so I immediately felt an incredible sense of responsibility to the story and obviously telling Felix’s particular part of that story. So I was terrified, excited…you know, it’s weird but I became an actor by reading Larry Kramer and Tony Kushner and Brecht and Shaw and people like that and so these people changed my world view and educated me and challenged my point of view so when you grow up and you actually get to be a part of a story like that it’s a lot of pressure. But in many ways it’s profoundly liberating because you’re able to be part of something that’s much bigger than you and you’re able to just get out of your own way and try to tell the story.

Before you actually started shooting, were you scared or were you excited or…?

MB: One thing that was nice about this particular project was it wasn’t like ‘White Collar’ where sometimes I’d get my lines the morning of or right before we shoot the scene. I first met with Ryan on this project in 2011 so I’ve had some time with the material and I worked so hard on that and put everything that I had into it. I even rented out this grungy little theater space on Santa Monica Boulevard and practiced my scenes there every day on stage.

And so I was terrified but I felt that I could prepare and shoot to the best of my abilities and then once I met Mark and saw what an incredible human being he is…I knew he was an amazing actor but to also be such an open and heartfelt human being, I knew it was going to be a really comfortable process and so that alleviated a lot of my fears. And then seeing the incredible level of preparation that Ryan [Murphy] brought to the table as a director, it was like, ‘okay, I’m in a safe place to take risks here.’

In regards to watching you and Mark fall in love on screen, it was so sweet.

MB: Awwww…

How did you two work on that because that chemistry has to be there or we’re not going to go on the journey with you but it was definitely there.

MB: So much of it is due to Mark. When you’re working with a celebrity of that stature the ball is always in their court to make you feel comfortable and make you feel like, ‘oh wow, I’m accepted here at the party.’ He was so gracious and kind to me from day one and I learned so much from working with him.

We didn’t have a lot of time to rehearse so our main strategy, I guess both of our prep work – I don’t want to say technique – but what we both brought to the table in this film was to stay in character, to relate to each other in character in between takes as well as when the camera was rolling so that when they called action we were already coming from a place that we created before they called action. So if it was an awkward scene we’d be awkward together. If it was an intimate scene we would sit down in close proximity to each other and tell a personal story and it all related to the relationship that was happening in the movie.

I was watching the first scene you two have in bed together and it made me think about where we came from and, for example, that ‘thirtysomething’ episode ["Strangers" from 1989] when it was such a big deal to see two men in bed together. Did you think about that at all during the filming and how far we’ve come?

MB: I’m certainly aware of it in my life, I mean, look at the times going on around us. We have an openly gay player in the NFL draft, we have all kinds of walls being broken down every day. So, yeah, I’m aware of it in my life, but I think in my work…certainly when you’re working with somebody that intimately I try not to think about those things that aren’t immediately applicable to the scene. I just was trying to think in terms of this is somebody I’m falling in love with and how do I want to relate to him in this scene. When you start hearing too many voices in your head, ‘oh my God, what’s my Grandma going to think?’ and then you’re not really in the right place as an actor.

Well your Grandma is going to see your butt. That’s what she’s going to see.

MB: [laughs] That’s true.

There it is!

MB: Yep!

I remember talking to you after the TCA panel in January and I could tell how moved you were. I think you all had just watched the show the night so it was still very much with you. How does it feel now watching it?

MB: Again, it’s such a privilege to be a part of this that hopefully a project like this culturally has such a repercussion and has the ability to really…like all of those great plays did for me and this play when I first read it, to challenge people’s point of view and to educate them, to remind them, to remember that horrible time in our history so that it doesn’t happen again or that we can at least be more humane to each other when it does happen again.

So when you’re lucky enough to be involved with something like that you really do kind of remove your own ego from the equation. When I watched the film I was so invested in the story already that by the time I came on I was more interested in the story than I was any type of personal ego-gratification. It was more just I was very proud to be a part of this story.

Felix’s final scene. Was that your last scene that you shot?

MB: I was in the very first scene in the movie that we shot and the very last, and the very last scene that we shot was Felix on the subway train, he gets a glimpse into his future and that was the very last one.

Tell me about shooting the death scene. What were the different challenges or were you already there because you’d been working on the movie for awhile?

MB: We had lived with each off these characters for quite some time and so a lot of it was just letting the moment happen and having the courage when the camera was in your face to be there with your fellow actors. After it was done Mark and I just sobbed for like ten minutes holding onto each other because I think to really comprehend the way a generation of people had to say goodbye to each other – this was people’s reality – was so painful and we also had been on a pretty intense journey together and we knew that it was coming to a close. I think it was our last scene together. So it was tough but beautiful to get to be a part of and it’s one of those things. I just feel really lucky that I got to do it with him.

And I remember you said your kids helped shave your head, right?

MB: Yes, they did. I had several bald spots shaved on my head in the film because of the chemo treatments, and when I went home I had the option of either completely shaving my head down or letting my hair grow back with the bald spots in it and then maybe shaving it shorter later. It was very liberating to do after something like this so I figured since my kids had been through months of me being ‘hangry’ and they should be a part of helping me shed my skin a little bit.

Were your kids concerned at all just because they might not have understood what you were doing. I’m sure you looked different to them.

MB: I did but I prepared them really well. I sat and I spoke to a professional on how to talk to them about this so it’s a real testament to kids’ imaginations because if you’ve read these Flat Stanley books where he’s as flat as a piece of paper, I think that’s what they expected. So when I came back and I’d already lost like, thirty pounds, they’re like, “Oh, I thought you were going to be skinnier than that!” [laughs] I was like ‘What do you want from me?’ They’re all boys so they were really great about it. They never seemed to have a concern.

Your marriage news came out a couple weeks ago and created a big stir but my question to you is once you got married did it change your opinion of marriage?

MB: Yeah. There’s a reason why the incredible fight to make it a reality for us is so profound. Beyond just the civil rights of it all and equality, it’s different. It’s different. It’s different for us. It’s different for our kids. One of our kids was so sweet and will sometimes [say] to one of us, ‘I think you need to take your husband on a date night.’ [laughs] It really hit home to them that we were a family and that this was real and it’s like what their other friends’ parents have. It also meant something to us to stand in front of the people who love and support you and be able to make your vows and legitimize something and create a community that supports you and to promise each other to support each other in good times and bad, in sickness and health. It’s profound. It’s real. When you get the certificate it gets real.

In the best way!

MB: Yeah.

You’ll start your last six episodes of ‘White Collar’ soon. Is it going to be a relief, in a way, to get back to Neal after what you’ve gone through with this project? Neil must be a comfortable old shoe to step back into.

MB: I guess so. Felix has been a really sticky character for me because he changed me as a person, hopefully for the better. So, yeah, I’m excited to get back to ‘White Collar’ but I’m trying to be in the moment now and help bring ‘The Normal Heart’ into the world to the best of my abilities so that I can give it a good send off before I move on and shift gears. Right now I’m still not ready to let go. But I’m very excited about the last season and we’re going to get some real closure on the show.

Ryan Giggs has announced his retirement from playing football at the age of 40. The Manchester United and Wales legend confirmed his decision to quit playing after 24 years. He will now become United's assistant manager, after Louis van Gaal was also confirmed as manager earlier today (May 19).

Giggs is the most decorated player in the English game, winning 13 league title, four FA Cups and two Champions League trophies, among others.

In a statement, Giggs said: "Today is a fantastic day for Manchester United. Louis van Gaal is a great appointment and let me begin by telling you how delighted I am to be working with someone of his calibre. His credentials are second to none and I'm positive the club will thrive under his leadership over the coming years.

"I would also like to take this opportunity to announce my retirement from professional football and embark upon a new and exciting chapter in my life, as assistant manager of Manchester United. I am immensely proud, honoured and fortunate to have represented the biggest club in the world 963 times and Wales 64 times.

"My dream was always to play for Manchester United, and although it saddens me to know I won't be pulling on a United jersey again as a player, I have been lucky enough to have fulfilled that dream playing with some of the best players in the world, working under an incredible manager in Sir Alex Ferguson, and most of all, playing for the greatest fans in world football. I have always felt and appreciated your support."

He continued: "I want to also give a huge thanks to the backroom staff and support teams we have and have had at Manchester United over the years. I would not have achieved the success I have without your continuing dedication and commitment to creating the best environment to enable the players to thrive.

"I would not have won 34 trophies in my career without you. I would also like to say a special thanks to my friends and family for all your love and support."

He ended his open letter by stating: "For me, today is a new chapter filled with many emotions - immense pride, sadness, but most of all, excitement towards the future. United fans I hope will share and echo my belief that the club, the management and owners, are doing everything they can to return this great club to where it belongs, and I hope to be there every step of the way.

"To the greatest fans in world football, thank you. I have loved every minute of playing for you and representing the biggest and best club in the world."

Ryan Giggs was appointed interim player-manager at the end of the 2013-14 season, following David Moyes's sacking.

Game of Thrones’s unfortunately nicknamed Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish, might be the most dangerous guy on the show He’s schemed his way from nothing to wealth and influence, and heliterally gets away with murder: Ned Stark (basically), Ros (definitely), Joffrey Baratheon (possibly). But he isn’t so bad! At least according to the actor who plays him, Aidan Gillen. We had Gillen take our villain-themed questionnaire—with some burning GoT questions too, obvs—to learn more about one of the show’s most mysterious characters. Highlights:

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GQ: On a scale of one (Samwell Tarly) to ten (Joffrey Baratheon), how evil is Littlefinger?Aidan Gillen: I don't really think of Littlefinger as particularly evil—practical and clever and ruthless, yes. In other people's estimation I may be malicious or evil and probably would score a seven or eight. But that's just me doing what I do. I'd rate a nine or ten, maybe, for determination and execution.

What’s the trick to conveying ambiguity of Littlefinger’s evilness? Even when he’s doing good—like saving Sansa—his intentions are always questionable.I don't know that there's much trickery involved on my part as a performer, as the character is written that way. Ambiguity is indeed a key trait, and a not-uncommon one in the Game of Thrones world. He needs to be ambiguous to ensure access to the various circles that he operates in. As for this infatuation with Sansa everyone keeps going on about? I don't know what that's all about—I do feel a responsibility towards her. Maybe it’s misunderstood. I'd say Littlefinger’s often been misunderstood.

How has Littlefinger evolved? Has he changed morally?I think as time goes on, he gets more secure amid the insecurity of others. He’s calmer and more collected, and can ponder the world and his place in it a little more. Of course, he has always been conscious of his place socially and of climbing up, and outside of, where he'd been expected to reach. I'd say over this season we may see something of a sweeter man—with maybe even a trace of humility.

Does he ever feel guilt?I don’t know that he actively feels guilt, but you never know when it’s going to creep up on you—you can bury bodies in the garden but they're always going to be there, just out in the garden.

What drives him?Early rejection and humiliation. The drive to be in a position that will never happen again.

Tell us about creating Littlefinger: his mannerisms, his speech, his close-talker ways.I first thought of him as some kind of magician—or a politician who thinks of himself as a magician—and two people came to mind, the comic strip character Mandrake the Magician and Peter Mandelson, the British politician who sometimes went by “The Prince of Darkness.” We tried the Mandelson moustache and there was something vaguelyfeline about it, not leonine though, which put me in mind of Top Cat or one of the Aristocats. This also fit in with the outfits, which are quite slinky. I thought he should sound patriarchal, like John Huston in Chinatown or a bit Hammer Horror. I also thought that these characteristics should be allowed to shift around from time to time. If I'm leaning in when I speak sometimes it’s just to let the other person know that I want them to hear me properly and because I want to see them, really close.

[WARNING: The following contains spoilers from Sunday's Game of Thrones episode, "Mockingbird." If you haven't watched yet, it's best to sit this one out.]

Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish finally had to lift a finger.

On Sunday's Game of Thrones, the wily political schemer killed a third person this season, but this time, he did the honors with his own bare hands. After his clingy wife Lysa (Kate Dickie), the Lady Regent of the Vale, flew into a jealous rage and threatened to throw Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) to her death out of the Moon Door, Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) intervened.

"My sweet silly wife, I have only loved one woman, only one my entire life," he told her. But just as she took this as a declaration of love, he clarified, "Your sister [Catelyn Stark]," before shoving her out the Moon Door so she could "fly."

Littlefinger hasn't balked at the idea of killing people before. After all, he was behind the death of former Hand of the King John Arryn (Lysa's husband), the prostitute Ros (Esme Bianco), King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) and poor drunkard Ser Dontos (Tony Way). This is the first time, however, that he actually got his own hands dirty.

"I guess the closest we got was when he pulled the dagger on Ned Stark (Sean Bean) in Season 1," Gillen tells TVGuide.com. "What was it about this one? It was just an inspired moment. There's also something else there though. It ties Sansa closer to him. She's there and she is a witness and she also has partaken in this in a way... They've got a secret."

Check out the rest of our interview with Gillen about Littlefinger, the most dangerous man in Westeros:

That declaration Littlefinger made is pretty intriguing. We assume he was just using Lysa for her title, but does he still have lingering feelings for the late Catelyn (Michelle Fairley)?

Aidan Gillen: True love never dies. I mean, he does have quite a neck to even assume that Catelyn would have any feelings for the guy who shows up with Ned Stark's bones in a box as a gift. There's a certain amount of delusion there.

What is his obsession with Sansa? He's tried to get her to go with him several times already, but this time he succeeded. And he was caught kissing her...Gillen: I'd like to think there's a certain amount of good-heartedness in there.Her being Catelyn's daughter, obviously I'd want to look out for her. But [there are] other self-serving reasons as well.

Does he want her as a political pawn or does some of it have to do with Catelyn?Gillen: For sure, and I think Sansa views him as a political pawn too. Or she's probably not thinking politically, but she's playing him. She's becoming something, she's changing. And I think it wouldn't be beyond her to be playing me.

Does he think of himself as Sansa's mentor? Or perhaps a father figure?Gillen: I think kind of a mentor. I think we're also going to see that with Lysa's son Robin Arryn (Lino Facioli) as well. These two young people need some guidance, and I do put myself in that position. I traveled to the Eyrie with Sansa. She assumes this identity, this alias Alayne Stone. She likes it, she likes role playing. It's more like a surrogate avuncular uncle-like relationship.I think a lot of this stuff is complicated.

Has Littlefinger actually helped her to play the game better?Gillen: I think so, yeah. It's quite interesting to see someone else get clever like that. I think she can be surprising. I don't really know what's going to happen with Robin yet either but you can see that there's some of that guidance maybe going to come into play there. And I'd like to think a softer side and that there is somebody in there who is genuinely sweet you know?

Let's not forget that he was the mastermind behind Joffrey's death, not poor Tyrion. Why did Littlefinger want Joffrey dead?Gillen: Joffrey was unstable and already a fascist dictator. Where would we be in 15 or 10 or five years' time? He was just too dangerous.

So he had Joffrey killed as a public service?Gillen: Not really for the good of the realm. Not just for himself. With a facist dictator in power, it's not very chaotic. He thrives on chaos. And we all don't know where this ends either. So there's a certain amount of projection I can do about where it's going, but the final two books haven't been written yet, which is one of the most exciting things about it actually.

And was killing Ser Dontos just collateral damage for him?Gillen: No. I mean I think the line is, "I wouldn't trust a drunk fool." He's untrustworthy. If I could buy him, somebody else could buy him too and probably will. So that's just the way it goes.

What drives Littlefinger? Why do you think he's so ambitious? He's been such a stealth player up until now.Gillen: Rejection and desire. Humiliation early on, very early on. And not just from being a poor kid from the back of beyond, which is what he is, but you know he's been unlucky in love. So, there is something of that in there. It's not really that apparent. It should be apparent that he's been rejected, if you like, by Cately Stark and humiliated then by Brandon Stark and slit from navel to here. I do have a scar there you saw somewhere in season 1.

It's not just that, but being put down and humiliated by people generally. I don't think it's a quest for absolute power. That's not the drive. It's just to put yourself in a position where people are not going to humiliate you again. He's not totally defensive. There's a lot of glee actually in playing the game the way he's playing it. It's very satisfying to see your longterm plans come to fruition. He's one of the smartest guys in the land. His plans are very well laid, and he sees way further ahead than a lot of other characters, so there's an amount of actually enjoying the game. I don't think it's coincidental that he used the term "chaos is a ladder." We've seen that as the kingdoms become more unstable in the wake of the Red Wedding or some other stuff that comes up, he is calmer and calmer.

We have to ask: We've heard you speak normally (like on The Wire), but where did you get Littlefinger's dramatic whisper/hoarse growl from? What did you try to infuse into this characterization?Gillen: This could be categorized loosely as a fantasy series, very loosely. It's not set in the past. It's not set in medieval England or whatever, but my own accent is a bit modern ... I think what I was going for was a kind of patriarchal thing that something like John Huston had in China Town. I'm not saying that's what I got or that I was trying to pull it off or I did pull it off. It's just something different. There is something about that character that you want people to tell you things. You want to be able to make people feel relaxed or comforted or scared or whatever so you want to have some kind of a voice where you can achieve these different ends with. [LOL OK CARCETTI]

What do you think of Littlefinger? How far will his ambition take him? Wasn't Lysa's death satisfying?